The information technology time says it is the time of android. Most of you have used android phone. There are thousands of apps available for different purposes. If you are a computer guy and thinking to put hands on android programming, here is the basic steps for you.
For starting in this blog, you need to have the basic knowledge of programming. Otherwise you won't understand some terms of this blog.
The android is mainly the combination of two programming languages i.e. XML and Java. Both of them are platform independent. So that, android app becomes powerful. The designs(layouts), predefined values and structures are created and XML files. While the logic part is written in java files. Now, for development you need,
1. Android SDK
Android SDK is provided by google. It is the huge collection of classes and libraries - APIs. We have to use them to create application. Without android SDK our program is just java class.
You can get it from here
2. JDK
As the logic part in android app is java, the Java Development Kit is must. Simply download and install it.You can get it from here
3. Development Environment
The development environment provides the tools and functionality to create apps easily. There are some tools available. Common are Eclipse SDK and Android Studio.4. The programming knowledge
The layout designing can be performed with some basic practice. But logic part needs a good knowledge. All the code is written in java. So if you are not experienced with java, start learning it. Java is very powerful programming language and so many books and ebooks are available. Similarly, the one step ahead designing of layouts needs to work on xml files. Though xml formats learning and working is so easy.
When you have above three things, practice with some examples. Learning of xml and java is very easy and interesting.
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